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In the fifth update of the Vaccination Strategy, which has, for the moment, a green light from the Public Health Commission and which today will receive the regional approval in the Interterritorial Council, Health opens the door to vaccinate those over 65 with AstraZeneca .

Sources present at the meeting have confirmed that "in situations of deprivation, the necessary measures must be taken to provide coverage to the population."

This document contains the various updates on the margin of use by age and group of the AstraZeneca vaccine, as well as the one that will arrive in mid-April Janssen.

The extension of the age of use of English is included in the range from 55 to 65 years.

The Janssen formula can be used in parallel with mRNA vaccines to increase the rate of vaccination of older age groups.

In addition, it makes it clear that in no case can a molecule be chosen, the one assigned in each case will be accepted or not.

In the update, the fact of being immunized with a single dose in the case of having previously suffered Covid rises to 65 years.

"This also means opening the opportunity to have more doses for more people," points out the sources mentioned.

On the other hand, it should be noted that a 'push' is given to the risk groups and establishes that these people who will be vaccinated simultaneously to the group of those aged between 70 and 79 years of age.

In these cases, mRNA vaccines will be used, in order to achieve the highest protection in a shorter period of time.

This group includes people with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, solid organ transplantation and a waiting list for this, people on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, oncohematological disease, solid organ cancer being treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy, lung cancer being treated with chemotherapy or immunotherapy, immunosuppressed HIV infection, people with primary immunodeficiency and people with Down syndrome over 40 years of age.

It should be noted that the Strategy is based on Science so that in the case of residents and large dependents in which there are several legal guardians who do not agree regarding vaccination, the decision that science supports as the best option for these will prevail. people, which is vaccination, unless there is some clinical reason that justifies not doing it.

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